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DAUM has announced their 1st Closed Beta Test for the MMORPG Black Desert, and are recruiting testers from the 1st to the 10th of October. They have announced that they will randomly select 5,000 testers among their pre-registered users. These selected 5,000 will then be announced through their official homepage on the 11th of October.

This 1st CBT will be running for a week from the 17th to the 23rd of October. Testers will be able to travel between 2 regions and will be able to play the currently available classes: Warrior, Ranger, Giant and Sorcerer until level 40. Additionally, tons of content will be made available during this CBT, showcasing around 270 quests, various mounts, raids, PVP contents, siege warfare, and more.

According to the latest interview with Pearl Abyss, the developer of the game, it will require approximately 30 hours of gameplay time in order to reach the current maximum level, 40. Players will also have different advantages and disadvantages depending on the time of the day in the game. For example, while some daytime NPCs will disappear during the night, there will be unique NPCs that will only appear during this time. Furthermore, the game will feature monsters that become stronger at night while rewarding more experience. A day in the game lasts 4 hours in the real world.

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MMORPG ‘Black Desert’ developed by Pearl Abyss and published by Daum, starts recruiting testers for the 1st CBT from the 1st of October.

The game is about a battle for Black Stone, which is the true source of power and strength with non-targeting, action game style. A player could battle while riding on a horse as well as enjoy siege warfare. A player could purchase a house and decorate it.

The 1st CBT schedule has not been announced. We expect CBT will start during October.

Pearl Abyss, the creator of MMORPG ‘Black Desert’, said it is possible that Black Desert supports next generation console like PS4.

Jae-min, Yoon, COO of Pearl Abyss, said “We are trying hard to publish ‘Black Desert’ in NA and Europe. Especially since the console gaming market is huge in western world, we think it is not right just giving up that market. Not now, but we are considering to introduce the game for the next generation consoles.”

Pearl Abyss met with a technical staff from SCE(Sony Computer Entertainment) at Gamescom 2013 and discussed about future possibilities.

‘Black Desert’ seems perfect for consoles because it does not rely on a keyboard and a mouse to control. However, making perfect PC version is the company’s priority for now. They will carefully thinking about console version after launching PC version.

Pearl Abyss, developer of MMORPG Black Desert, announced domestic testing schedule at the press event on the 22nd of January. According to their announcement CBT will be on July and OBT will be on December.

Black Desert is developed from the well-known developer Dae-il, Kim who developed R.Y.L and C9. The main theme of Black Desert will be the conflict over ruling Black Stone.

The game will be sand-box style MMORPG based on the vast open world. Users could produce, make, sell region specialties and trade them with goods from other regions.

A brand new MMORPG Black Desert was revealed last week. The game has been developed by Pearl Abyss, which is led by Dae-il, Kim. He is the producer of various typical Action MMORPGs such as RYL, R2 and C9.

The first play movie shocked us because of its completeness and graphics. The title of the game ‘Black Desert’ is named after oil in Middle East Asia. The background concept of the game is that the land was devastated by wars for Black Stone, which is the core resource of the game world.

Black Desert is using its own game engine to modify things as quickly as possible and support a seamless gaming world with gorgeous graphics. Players could enter and own any structures in the game and buy houses as well. Players could install a smelting furnace to produce useful metals and trade them. Each guild member could buy farms and mines and connected to make a guild activities area.

The combat system of the game is based on non-targeting and is action oriented. The siege warfare is the system that could determine the strongest guild in the game. The guild who won the siege warfare could monopolize game money and products from the region as well as tax.

The game already made a contract with GameOn for Japan publishing.

To watch the first released movie and more pictures in high resolution, click the link below: